State of LLMs — April 2026

Monthly analysis of LLM pricing, new model releases, and market trends.

Key Highlights

1

OpenAI launched GPT-4.1 with 1M context window

2

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 topped Arena ELO rankings

3

Average LLM API price dropped 15% vs March 2026

4

DeepSeek V3 emerged as best value for coding tasks

Price Changes

ModelChangeNote
GPT-4o-10%Price reduced with GPT-4.1 launch
Gemini 2.0 Flash-20%Google aggressive pricing

New Models Added

Category Winners — April 2026

Best Overall
Best for Coding

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